12 September 2014

Pre-season games usually matter to the players trying to make it as part of a team, while for the veterans it is the best time to test out their bodies coming from injuries. For the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), pre-season games is a chance to build up some momentum going into the the regular season tip-off. The question though is do the preseason records matter?

Is a team's won-lost mark in the exhibition games any indication or tip-off as to how the regular season will unfold? You hear announcers hand down their opinions, but there are no scientific studies or surveys yet that can support anybody's claim.

Hence, the best way to grade the team's performance in the pre-season is not to put any serious value to it.

This year, we try to track down each of the ten teams in the league and let the fans enjoy their performance and be the judge themselves for whatever it's worth.

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PBA Advisory

2017 Commissioner's Cup Format

The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6-foot-10.

The top 2 teams will earn twice-to-beat edges over Nos. 7 and 8 while the No. 3 against No. 6 and No. 4 versus No. 5 pairing will be a best-of-three affair in the quarterfinals.

The semifinal stage will have a pair of best-of-five matches and the finals will be a race-to-four affair.

Gilas Pilipinas

Manila will host one of the three tournaments in the 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament. The Philippine national men’s basketball team will try to pull off massive upsets against France, New Zealand, Canada, Turkey and Senegal in the competition slated on July 5 to July 10 at Mall of Asia Arena.

A total of 18 teams will participate in the three-nation event whose champions will book tickets to the 2016 Rio Olympics.